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Welcome to my first Chair Newsletter of the year. I am very excited to receive the baton from the amazing Dr. Penny Lema and try to continue the great work for which the Emergency Ultrasound Section a...

Understanding IT Speak 101

How to Diagnose Appendicitis in a Child

Ultrasound Research Mini-Series Part One: Introduction to Ultrasound Research

Hot Topic: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks

A Message from the ACEP President on the Uvalde, Texas Tragedy

Using a Wilderness Medicine Skillset in Ukraine

Escape to the Desert

When the Desert Gets Too Hot to Handle: Heat Stroke in Staged Ultramarathon Running

Life Fuel

Fellows' Corner

ACEP Calls for Stronger Protections for Emergency Physicians Who Raise Workplace Safety Concerns

Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Tammi Schaeffer

2021 Law Enforcement Officer, Line of Duty Deaths – the Impact of COVID-19

Tactical Ten for Medical Integration

The Armed Tactical Medical Professional - Weapons Selection for the Tactical Medical Provider

TEMS Physicians in the News

Live Blog from LAC22

Day 2: Live Updates from LAC22

Day 1: Live Updates from the 2022 ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference

Letter from the Chair

From the Chair

Writing Award Winner, Prose, 2021

Writing Award Winner, Poetry, 2021

Visual Arts Award Winner, 2021

Visual Arts Award Submission, 2021

Visual Arts Award Submission, 2021

Section of Medical Humanities 2020-21 Annual Report

ACEP Elects New Members of the 2021 Board of Directors

Updated: CMS Announces MIPS Relief

Editor's Corner

Meetings

EM Practice Management News

ACEP Statement on Private Equity and Corporate Investment in Emergency Medicine

Workforce Minute - Dr. Christopher Kang, April 17, 2022

ACEP Rural Emergency Care Task Force 2020 Report

Honoring Your Excellence: 2022 Leadership and Council Award Winners

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, April 13, 2021

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz - Supervision

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz - Scope of Practice

COVID-19 ED Management Tool Now Available, Updated

Advocacy Win: Deductibles Added to Insurance Cards

ACEP Board of Directors Election Slate Finalized

Chair's Corner

Fellow Spotlight: Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH

Feature Piece: Veterans Health Administration

Save the Date! June 21, 2022, Live Webinar: Talking ‘Bout my Generation

GEDA Updates

Sample Op-Ed: Scope of Practice

Scope of Practice

Scope of Practice

ACEP Files Amicus Brief in CA Lawsuit on Physician Practice

Impacted by EM Consolidation? ACEP Tells the Feds

Public Student Loan Pause – Do You Know Your Forgiveness Options?

Joint Statement on the 2022 Emergency Medicine Residency Match

Your Advocacy at Work: President Biden Signs Dr. Lorna Breen Bill

What we stand for

In Memoriam

COVID-19 & Pediatric Patients

From the Chair

Sorry for the Delay but … COVID

Removing Race Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

Combined Residency Fair Draws Hundreds

My Dual Identity

Upcoming Events

Sound Advice at the Management Course

South Dakota Scores Scope of Practice Victory

QIPS Newsroom

Resources

Black History Month: Health and Wellness

Chair’s Corner

Workplace Boundaries: The Key to Beating Burnout

Street Outreach: An Opportunity to Reinvigorate Your Involvement in Healthcare

Best of ACEP21 Collection - Free for Members

National Women Physicians Day

From the Immediate Past Chair

Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

Coding for Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

Use of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

Ultrasound-guided Cricothyrotomy and a Novel 3-D Printed Training Model

Update on Ultrasound Disinfection

Working as a Female in the ED - An ACEP21 Coffee House Chat

Music Review: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Book Review: Time Release

Advocacy Win: Deductibles Added to Insurance Cards

Workforce Minute - Dr. Christopher Kang, January 11, 2022

Letter from the Chair

Letter from the Editor

Considerations During Cold Weather Ops for LEO and TMPs

Medical Considerations for Law Enforcement in Mass Casualty Incidents

Law Enforcement Officer Suicides: Risk Factors and Limitations on Data Analysis

Heart Disease in Law Enforcement

Exercise Recommendations for Law Enforcement Personnel

Movie Review: Trainspotting

Meet Our Section Members: Dr. Robert Bassett

Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section Recognized with Two Awards

Letter from the 2019-2021 Chair

Advances in Response to Collapse Disasters

COVID-19 Long-haulers Syndrome in Healthcare Workers?

Disaster, Covid-19, and Resources

Disaster Perspective on Pediatric EM and COVID-19

When Buildings Collapse

Music Review: Sister Morphine (Rolling Stones)

Book Review: Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Toxicology Newsroom

DGP Section Meeting at ACEP21

Health Systems Affiliated with 3+ New EM Residency Programs

EM Physicians Join Forces to Create Award-Winning COVID-19 Field Guide

Commemorating Veterans Day

ACEP President Dr. Gillian Schmitz Addresses the 2021 ACEP Council

Emergency Ultrasound Newsroom

Our Geriatric Emergency Medicine Accreditation

Reshaping the Healthcare Landscape

Dr. Kang Chosen President-elect; ACEP Council Elects New Leaders

Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Reduce Emergency Department Utilization by High-Risk Elder Patients

Section Meeting at ACEP21

Letter from the Chair

Are Ultramarathon Races More Dangerous Than We Thought?

Are Ultramarathon Races More Dangerous Than We Thought?

North Cascades Adventure

Misadventures in the Mountains

Letter from the Chair

Supplements & The Tactical Athlete: Brief Update

Pre-Hospital Use of Ketamine in the Combative Patients

CoTCCC Tranexamic Acid Update for the TEMS Provider

Xylazine, an Emerging Adulterant

Law Enforcement Officer Line of Duty Deaths

MRDO – Micro Red Dot Optics – A consideration for Tactical Medical Providers

The Cypress Creek EMS (CCEMS) Basic Tactical Operational Medical Support (BTOMS) Course

Calendar of Events

Fellows' Corner

EMRA MedWAR

Life Fuel

Ivermectin

Red Tides: The Phenomenon That Will Take Your Breath Away

Editor’s Welcome

Chair‘s Corner

ED Palliative Pulse - October 2021

Interview: Kettering Health Clinical Informatics Fellowship Director

Interview with Associate CMIO: Kyle Marshall

HeART of EM Virtual Gallery at ACEP21

CEDR 2.0

CEDR Program Update

CMS announces MIPS reporting relief

Editor’s Note

Chair Message - CEDR remains the leading registry serving emergency physicians

MIPS 2020 Performance - Good News for CEDR Participants

Submit Testimony on the 2021 Council Resolutions

In This Together - Part 4

Going Forward

Letter from the Chair

EM Workforce Section Operational Guidelines Proposal

EM Workforce Officer Nominations

Workforce Section 2021 LAC Report

The House of Medicine is Under Attack

Editor’s Pick – Must Read Articles

In case you missed them: Important workforce articles from Workforce Wednesday in ACEP Engaged

In This Together - Part 3

EM Understands: Andrea Green, MD, FACEP (Texas)

In This Together - Part 2

National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

EM Physicians of 9/11: 20 Years Later

Preparing to Care for Afghan Refugees

FEC Section Plans for the ACEP21 Meeting

Message from Board Liaison and ACEP President-elect

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, September 7, 2021

Lara Vanyo, MD (New York City)

John Corker, MD, FACEP (Ohio/Texas)

Pain Management Newsroom

Ricky Thompson, DO (Austin, TX)

In This Together - Part 1

Arvind Venkat, MD, FACEP (Pittsburgh)

Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP (San Antonio)

Andrea Austin, MD, FACEP (San Diego, CA)

Liz Mesberg (Portland, OR)

Kathryn Wiesendanger (Dublin, Ireland)

EM Understands

Latest News

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, August 23, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccinations

Sample Letter to the Editor: COVID Misinformation

COVID Vaccine Hesitation/Misinformation

Aster MIMS Calicut: A Southern India Hospital’s Investment Helps Turn the Tide

COVID-19 Recent Literature, Organized by Topic

ACEP21 Pain and Addiction Care in the ED (PACED) Accreditation

GEDA Updates

Workforce Progress - Aug. 5, 2021

New Application Process for the ACEP Ambassador Program! Apply to Represent Your Country of Interest!

ACEP Response on Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care

Resident and Fellow Elections

Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

ACEP Remembers Emergency Medicine Leader Dr. Leon Haley, Jr.

Webinar 3 - Creating your Niche and Adding NonClinical Value

Webinar 2 - Finding a Mentor and Being a Mentor

Webinar 1 - Finding a job and negotiating a contract in the academic setting as a Dually

Training & Education

Critical Care Section Newsroom

When the X-ray is Negative: Using POCUS to Increase Diagnostic Accuracy in Acute Knee Pain

Portable Ultrasound Remote Guidance Systems

Tips and Tricks: Best Practices for Ultrasound-Guided IV Placement

Ultrasound Coding and Billing Tips

Cases that Count: Serial FAST examinations in a patient with a penetrating stab wound to the buttock

Ultrasound in Austere Environments

Six Steps to Mastering your Echocardiography Skills

From the Chair

Workforce Minute - Dr. Jamie Shoemaker, July 9, 2021

COVID-19 Resources for Countries Worldwide

Resources for Rural Communities Facing COVID-19

Seeing your First Wave of COVID-19 Patients?

Letter from the Editor

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, June 25, 2021

Nitrous Oxide Misuse and Abuse

Editor’s Welcome

Chair’s Corner

ACEP Remembers Wilderness Medicine Pioneer Dr. Paul Auerbach

Featured Training Program: Medicine in Bad Places

Law Enforcement Officer Line of Duty Deaths

Workforce Minute - Dr. Mark Rosenberg, June 18, 2021

Workforce Minute - Dr. Gillian Schmitz, June 9, 2021

Excited Delirium for the TEMS Provider

Review of Article: “Springs Man After Double Dose of Controversial Drug Ketamine”

The Case of a Violent Agitated Patient in The Emergency Department

Letter from the Chair

Setting Up Vaccination Programs in the ED

COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit

Aggressive Advocacy Results in Reversal of UnitedHealthcare Policy that Would Allow Retroactive Coverage Denials for Non-Emergent Cases

Louisiana Scores Important Scope of Practice Win

QIPS Bookclub

Improving Second-Dose Antibiotic Administration in Admitted Patients

QIPS Section Website Updates

APRD Toolkit

Quality Improvement Compensation Survey

Board Update

QIPS Resolution Updates

Reach Vaccine Hesitant Populations with New ACEP Tools

ACEP Invited to White House Virtual Town Hall

AMIA 10X10

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Introduced in Senate

NAEMSP Prehospital Research Grant Recipient Announced

T-Mobile Connecting Heroes Ad Offer Discounts

EMS System Lebanon: A System Challenged by A triple Crisis: Financial Collapse, COVID19 Pandemic and Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion

EMS System Panama

Defibrillator Access in an Emergency

Safe Communities

Message from the Chair

Statement on PA Name Change

Editor’s Note

E-QUAL 2020 Wrap Up

Despite the Pandemic, CEDR Survives the Year 2020 with Flying Colors

Chair Message

Quality Measures

More Than Just an Internship

Fair Play for Reimbursement? CEDR Data makes it possible.

The 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule: Major Take-aways and Next Steps

From MIPS to MVP and Beyond…

Calling All Mentors: The Global EM Student Leadership Program

Section Elections

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Bystander CPR during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Early Review

An Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Perspective on Global Health

Midriff Mayhem: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the ICU

From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor

From the Chair

COVID-19 Vaccination Smart Phrases Now in Several Languages

Fellows Corner

April 2021 - Message from the Chair

Newsletter Editor Updates

Memories of 2020 – An Interview with the Medical Examiner

Member Spotlight

Careers in Forensics Q&A - with Dr. Ralph Riviello

Letter from the Chair

12 Things to Know About Student Loan Refinancing

Developing an Investing Plan

How to Be a Do-It-Yourself Investor

Investing 101

Top 7 Financial Errors Doctors Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Surviving 101 - My Experience at Survival School

Life Fuel

With Great Knowledge, Comes Great Responsibility

Collaboration Through a Wilderness Medicine Journal Club

Lessons from the Wilderness Fill the Gaps of a Pandemic Medical Education

Virtual Wilderness Medicine Education: Lessons Learned

Geriatric-Friendly Order Sets Webinar

Resources

Key Points About the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) Vaccine Update

CDC Updates PPE Policies, Reflects ACEP Input

A Safe Space to Talk

What’s with the Milestones Shake Up?

Supracondylar Fracture

POCUS for Shoulder Pain in the Emergency Department

Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block for patients with hip or pelvis fractures in the ED

Mastering the Intussusception Ultrasound - Tips and Tricks

Industry Roundtable Update

Did you hear that murmur? No, but I saw it on ultrasound! - A Clinical Case of Aortic Stenosis

From the Chair

From the Editor

From the Chair

Auspicious Start to an Inauspicious Year

2020 Medical Humanities Section Writing Award Winner – Poetry Category

2020 Medical Humanities Section Writing Award Winner – Prose Category Edward Lew, MD, FACEP

2020 Medical Humanities Section Visual Arts Award Winner

The Apocalypse

Covid: A Medical Student’s Perspective

2019-2020 Annual Report

ACEP20 Meeting Minutes

2019 ACEP International Ambassador Country Report Compilation

Joint Letter Supporting COVID-19 Vaccines

Monthly ED Palliative Pulse - March 2021

Tactical Medicine Training Program Highlight

Case Report: High Risk Narcotics Search Warrant / Arrest Warrant

Lessons Learned from the “Unite the Right Rally” of 2017

2020 Law Enforcement Officer, Line of Duty Deaths: The Impact of COVID-19

Hydrofluoric Acid Injuries and Illness for First Responders

ACEP TEMS Section Newsletter Introduction March 2021

Portland’s Rapid Response Team, a Novel Approach to TEMS in Civil Disturbance

Letter from the Chair – ACEP Tactical Emergency Medicine Section

PACED overview video with Dr. Alexis LaPietra

COVID After Vaccination

Why Peer Support?

Geriatric Education and GEDA Requirements

Feature Piece

Chair’s Corner

ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section Teams with Emergency Medical Abstracts

COVID-19 is a geriatric emergency.

Family Feeling Keeps Academician in New Community Hospital Role

EM Innovators of the Year: Nominations Now Being Accepted

QTc: So many formulae, but which one to use?

(Don’t) Do the Yew

Chlorine

Acute Acetaminophen Overdose: Massive Ingestion

Editor‘s Welcome

Dr. Baruch on ACEP Frontline

Humanities at the Bedside

Section of Medical Humanities Newsroom

Try Theater of War for Your Workplace

ACEP Statement on Monoclonal Antibody Infusion

Rural Task Force Summary

Monthly ED Palliative Pulse - January 2021

ED Medical Directors Share COVID-19 Needs in Survey

Low-Dose Ketamine for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis

More Than a Local Agent: 10 Pearls of IV Lidocaine Use for Pain in the ED

Pain Management and Chest Tube Thoracostomy

Sub-Dissociative Dose Ketamine in the Emergency Department

Collaboration Yields Rewards in Responding to the COVID-19 Disaster

Hurricane Isaias and COVID19 - A Perfect Storm

Team Rubicon: Navajo Nation COVID-19 Medical Response

Letter from the Chair

Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians

Preparing for the Next Pandemic – A Playbook

Where Can Individual Emergency Physicians Get Vaccinated for Protection Against COVID-19?

In Memoriam

Featured Article: Law Enforcement Laser Eye Injuries - Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management

Case Report from the Field

International Operational Medicine

Research Article

Message from the Newsletter Editor

Message from the Chair

Congressional Year-End Package: What You Need to Know

Monoclonal Antibody Toolkit

Order PPE Through ACEP’s Collaboration with Project N95

ACEP Statement on EMS Professionals’ Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

ACEP Reaffirms Statement on Due Process Protections

What Emergency Physicians Need to Know About the COVID Vaccine

Holiday Video Message from the ACEP President

Caution About Patient Masks and MRI Use

Statement on Emergency Physicians’ Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

Toolkit for Preparing for a Pandemic / Next Wave

Statement on the Use of Staffing Level Data in the COVID Era

Statement on Physician-Led Emergency Care Teams

Joint Statement: Overcoming Barriers to Promotion of Women and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Faculty in Academic Emergency Medicine

ACEP Statements on PPE & Other Physician Protections

News from the Chair

HHS: 'Imminent' EUA for COVID-19 Antibody

Rural EM Section Meeting at ACEP20

Volunteers Needed for Rural EM Section Social Media Team

Dr. Gillian Schmitz Is Your ACEP President-Elect

ACEP Elects New Board Members

CALS Expansion Continues

2020 - All Our Plans Changed

E-QUAL News Updates

The Impact of COVID-19

Working Together Through the Pandemic

Happy Birthday, CEDR!

Showcasing Most Popular ACEP (QCDR) Measures for 2019

Intern Insights

Observation in the Literature

The Effects of Observation Unit Location and Physician Staffing on Patient Outcomes

Update from the Chair

Joint Statement Regarding Osteopathic Physicians and Emergency Medicine

Future of Emergency Medicine: Mobile Integrated Healthcare

The Tale of Two Pandemics - How Systemic Racism Affects Residency Training

Ten Things We Learned from Covid-19

Work Continues for the ACEP Rural EM Task Force

Rural EM COVID Preparedness and Response Survey

CALS Update

Challenges and Triumphs in Global EM: An ACEP Leader’s Perspective

Ebola and Emergency Response Systems

ACEP Awards First Emergency Department Pain and Addiction Care Accreditation

News from the Chair

Resources for Physician Wellness

ACEP Policy Corner

What’s New in the World?

Reflections Post-COVID-19’s First Wave from Chicago

A Message from the Chair – Self-Care in a Crisis

Welcoming Diversity in Wilderness Settings

WMIG Whitewater Rafting and Water Disinfection Day Trip

Fellow’s Corner

The New Wilderness Olympics

“Can I eat it?”

HHS Announces Additional $20 Billion Distribution from the Provider Relief Fund

Letter from the Chair-Elect

Passing the Time After Opioid Stuffing in Asymptomatic Adults

Toxic Alcohols

Coral Snake Envenomations: Just Keep Breathing

Editor’s Welcome

Chair‘s Corner

Toolkit for Global Ultrasound

Snap, Crackle, and Pop! Acute papillary muscle rupture identified with POCUS

Ovarian Torsion

From a Novel Idea to an Essential Technology

EUS Research Roadmap - Part 1

From the Chair

Emergency Medicine Experiences in Indonesia and Belize

2020 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives and the Impact of COVID-19

WTBS 21 The COVID-19 Outbreak Part 2: Emergency Medicine’s Coming of Age

Workforce: Tough Times or Opportunity

The COMEBACK Is Always Stronger Than The SETBACK!

Emergency Physician Advocacy and The Covid Crisis

Editor’s Notes

Preparing for the Next Pandemic

Who's Got Your Back? Psychological Awareness & Team Support

Hurting & Helping: Team Care and Self Care During Crisis

Why Your Staff Needs a Mental Health Care Access Map

Peer Support Basics

The Quiet Heroes of COVID-19

The Use of TEG to Evaluate for Hypercoagulopathy

On the Question of Venous Thromboembolism in COVID-19: Some Answers, More Questions and Our Experience

Tummy Time: Prone Positioning for Non-Intubated Patients in the ED

How to Zoom Like a Pro

From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor

From the Chair

Elections and Resident Awards

Co-Sponsoring Resolutions with AAWEP

Work Happening Around QIPS

Letter from Website Editor

COVID-19 Resources

Letter from the Editor

Joint Statement Regarding Post-Graduate Training of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

What’s New with Tactical?

Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation

Tactical Use of Robots in a Barricaded Suspect / High Risk Arrest / Search Warrant

Message from the Chair

FAQs About the Project N95 Collaboration

2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule: ACEP’s First Take

2020 Photo Contest

COVID-19 Resources

Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section Election Information

Get Us PPE

Joint Statement on Mask Excuses in the ED

Capital (30) Minutes

Work Happening Around the QIPS Section

Letter from the Editor

Interested in Taking on a Leadership Role in QIPS

QIPS Article Spotlight

Election and Resident Award Preparation

QIPS Section Survey Results

Member Update: HHS Transitions to New System for Collecting Hospital COVID-19 Data

Personal Reflection from the Chair

How To Make Changes Without Being Disruptive, Part 2

Letter from the Chair

Member Spotlight: Jonathan Warren

Love in the Time of Corona

Ice Climbing – How Safe Can it Be?

Field Dispatch – The Ouray Ice Festival

20 Years of MedWAR

Letter from the Chair-Elect

Letter from the Chair

ACEP Tiered International Member Dues

Launch of the Lima Consensus on LATAM: ED Management Educational Competencies

ACLS Training in Erbil, Iraq

2019 IEM Education Session Hacks: Oral Rehydration Solution

Confusion and Hope in the Time of #Corona

International EM Section Members Are Actively Involved In COVID19 Academic Activities!

ACEP Wellness Resources

Mexico y COVID-19

From the Chair

Fellow‘s Corner

For All the Essential Dads In Your Life!

Approved 1135 Waivers, State By State

Ambassador Mentorship Program

Join an International Medical Response Team

Amazon Business

Induced Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest – Does the Method Matter?

CAR-T Therapy and the Cytokine Storm

Cruising the 2019 EM-Critical Care Literature

From the Secretary and Newsletter Editor

From the Chair

Join Our Peer Support Efforts

Evolution of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section

Venous Doppler and IV Fluid Administration

Update on the Current PA and NP EUS Literature

Ultrasound in COVID Across the Globe: Global Insights from the Web

Technology CMUT - Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers: A Primer

Military Telemedicine: The Future is Telesonography in Prolonged Field Care

Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19

Low-Level Disinfection of Your Ultrasound Machine During the Pandemic: Which Wipe Should I Wipe With?

From the Chair

Khalil Gibran Quote

Product Review

Featured Article

International Operational Medicine

Training Programs

What's New

Case Report from the Field

Message from the Chair

Burnout

Patient Care

COVID-19 & Sickle Cell Patients

PTSD

Workplace

Physician Suicide

Personal

Finances

Salute to the Warriors on the Front Line

Letter from the Chair

Let's Talk engagED Platform

Compassion Fatigue

Diversity & Equity

ACEP Requests Additional Support for EM from Provider Relief Fund

COVID-19 Personal & Systemic

Litigation

Consensus Statement on the 2020-21 Residency Application Process for US Medical Students Planning Careers in Emergency Medicine in the Main Residency Match

Emergency Medicine in Pakistan

ACEP Hosts Summit on Impact of Stigma and OUD in Emergency Settings

Minimally Invasive Procedures for Headaches

Oldie but a Goodie: 10 Pearls of Droperidol

Trigger Point Injections in the Emergency Department

A Note from the Section Chair

COVID-19 Financial Survival Guide: What You Need to Know

Updated: COVID-19 Insurance Policy Changes

“We Can Do It” Art Print, Card for Download

CMS Announces Additional Temporary Regulatory Flexibilities

Updated: CMS Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes for COVID-19

Welcome New Forensic Medicine Section Members!

Section Officer Elections

Member Spotlight

A Hidden Danger Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Child Abuse Dangers Rise

Section Chair Message

ACEP-AAEM Joint Statement on Physician Misinformation

ACEP Mourns Loss of NY Physician, Dr. Lorna Breen

Updated: HHS Announces More Details on $100 Billion CARES Act Funding

COVID-19 Health Disparities: New Patient Education Resource to Empower Community Leaders

Video: COVID-19 - Update From Your President

ACEP Names New Executive Director

Democratic Group Practice Strategies to Financially Survive the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 & Mental Health

ACCESS Emergency Medicine

CMS Allows Independent Free-standing Emergency Departments to Temporarily Participate in Medicare and Medicaid

HHS Delays Data Sharing and Interoperability Rules

Sittercity

Hagan Insurance

Counseling

Hungryroot

Freshly

Hilton

No More Preventable Law Enforcement Deaths

International Operational Medicine

STORM Training Program - Featured Program

Successful Management of Excited Delirium Syndrome with Prehospital Ketamine: Two Case Examples

Prehospital Chemical Restraint of a Noncommunicative Autistic Minor by Law Enforcement

Lessons Learned in Tactical Combat Casualty Care- Afghanistan

Letter from the Co-Editor

Updated: HHS Distributes $30 Billion of CARES Stimulus Funding

How to Mobilize to Help Areas in Need

Challenges of Emergency Medicine Practice in Nicaragua

ACEP Statement: Role of Pediatric EM in COVID-19

ACEP4U: Fighting for Liability Protection

Field Guide to COVID-19 Care in the ED

Medical Students and COVID‐19: Education and Safety Considerations – Joint Statement

ACEP's Stance on the Distribution of CARES Stimulus Funding

Now is NOT the Time to Reduce Support for Emergency Physicians

Medicare Cost-sharing Waived for all COVID-19 Services Related to Testing, Including Some Treatment

COVID-19 & Dialysis

Thanking Your Emergency Medicine Team

ACEP Requests $3.6 Billion from HHS to Support EM Physician Practices

COVID-19 & Palliative Care

Federal Advocacy: Securing the Health Care Workforce

Federal Advocacy: Protecting Access for Patients

Federal Advocacy: Ensuring Adequate Resource Allocation

Saudi Arabia, Transformations and Disaster Medicine

An EF-3 Tornado Directly Impacts a Rural Community

The Game Plan

ACEP X-TREME

Letter from the Chair

Angel’s Trumpet and Devil’s Breath: A Trip into Psychonaut Culture

Lower APAP Concentration = higher incidence of Nac Anaphylactoid reactions

Hypoglycorrhachia - pain in the as(pirin) to pronounce, easy to treat!

Chair’s Corner

COVID-19 & Substance Abuse

The Joint Commission Issues Statement on Use of Face Masks Brought From Home

ACEP in the News

CMS Approves the Use of ED E/M Codes for Telehealth

Welcome Bill Malcom

Preparing for the Annual Customer Experience Survey

CEDR- 2019 Wrap Up!

New QCDR Measures

Preventive Care and Screening for High Blood Pressure

What would a World without CEDR Look Like?

CEDR Engagement with Regulatory Authorities

ACEP & CEDR Making way for New Changes

MIPS Honeymoon Period is over and Minimum Performance Bar is Increasing

E-QUAL 2019 Wrap Up!

My Exposure to the Healthcare Industry at ACEP

ACEP Asks Congress to Support Emergency Physicians in COVID-19 Stimulus Package

COVID-19 & Geriatric Patients

CMS COVID-19 Call with Physicians

ACEP President Participates in COVID-19 Briefing with White House

COVID-19 CME Collection (free)

Notes from the HHS Testing Call on March 15

State Emergency Declarations

Welcome EM Care Team

EMS / Disaster Organizations - COVID-19 Resources

COVID-19 Surveillance Program Designed to Intervene Before Transmission to Health Care Workers

ED Shift Decontamination Routine

Key Advocacy Points: Liability Protections During COVID-19 Pandemic

PPE Updates - What You Need to Know

OSHA Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 During the COVID-19 Outbreak

CMS - EMTALA COVID-19 Guidance

EMCRIT - COVID-19 Algorithms & Checklists

SSCM - Online Training Modules

Two Emergency Physicians in Critical Condition

US Declares National Emergency

ACEP Sends Letter to HHS Secretary Outlining COVID-19 Policy Priorities

WHO Labels COVID-19 Pandemic

Webinar: COVID-19 Clinical Information and Facility Preparation

Drive Through Medicine - Triage Template

Patient Guide: How to Self-Isolate (pdf)

A Patient Guide to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Supporting the Health Care Workforce During the COVID-19 Global Epidemic

EMS: Infectious Disease Safety Information

FDA and CDC Guidance on Respirators

CMS Issues COVID-19 Guidance

EMTALA-Related Guidance

COVID-19 Clinical Alerts

Become Accredited!

WHO Classifies COVID-19 as Pandemic

Capacity Building and Trauma Training in El Salvador

Tech Update: Artificial Intelligence

Fellows’ Section: Diastology at the Bedside

Cases that Count: Using FOCUS (Focused Cardiac Ultrasound) to identify an atrial myxoma in the Emergency Department

Special Commentary:The Bigger Picture: Beware of the Pseudo-Lung Point

Tips and Tricks: Time is Testicle - Mastering the Testicular Ultrasound Exam

Tips & Tricks: Supracondylar Fractures and POCUS

Chair’s Corner

2019-2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report

The National Emergency Department Inventory – USA

#MedicalSchoolMatters

Highlighted QIPS Section Presentations (2 of 2)

Highlighted QIPS Section Presentations (1 of 2)

Letter from your Councilors

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Chair

NEAR4KIDS: Defining Tracheal Intubation Safety in Pediatric Critical Care

Columbia University Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Is (ICU) Graduation Day Really All That It Could Be?

NIH Grant Supported Research Fellowships for EM/CCM Providers

ACEP19 Pulmonary Embolus (PE) Response Team Panel

ACEP19 Career Panel

Considering the Past, Looking to the Future

ACEP 911 Network Weekly Update

Chief Wellness Officer Polling Question and Online Module

2018-2019 Annual Report

Just Keep Pedaling

Nocturne - 2019 Writing Award Winner, Poetry

Travels – 2019 Writing Award Winner, Prose

The Guiding Light – 2019 Visual Arts Award Winner

From the Section Chair

From the Editor

ACEP19 IEM Education Session Wrap-Up

ACEP19 Ambassador Conference

AMP It Up!

ACEP19 Council Meeting Update

Become Part of the Most Interactive Diverse Group of Docs in ACEP!

ACEP is a Founding Member of IFEM

The Capacity to Understand Capacity

Chair’s Message

Exercising the First Year Efforts of a Regional Disaster Health System Pilot Grant

An Ethical Basis for Building Resilience by Education and Communication in a Catastrophic Biologic Event

Disaster and Preparedness Response Committee 2018-2019 Chair

Use of Drones in Disaster Medicine

Hospital Evacuation in the Rural Setting

The Long Road Ahead: Past Experience, Present Planning, and Future Considerations

Newsletter Editor’s Welcome

MDMA at a Glance

Pediatric Methadone Ingestion

Playpen Disaster - Pediatric Loperamide and Citalopram Ingestion

Vaping and its Consequences: A Case of Vaping-Induced Lung Injury

Sex-Based Differences in Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression

Swiftwater Rescue: A Basic Introduction

Wilderness Medicine in Military Medical Curriculum

Lightning Injuries: An Electric Case

Bike Packing 101: The Blue Ridge Parkway

Life Fuel

Letter from the Chair-Elect

Letter from the Chair

Hacks in Clinical Medicine and Teaching in Low Resource Settings

ACEP Workforce and the Cosmos

Message from the Chair

Upcoming Advocacy Resource on Prudent Layperson

Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation: Delivering Geriatric Care Standardization

We Cannot Afford to Board

ACEP and ACES: Partners in Advancing Emergency Care

Calendar of International Events at ACEP19 Scientific Assembly

Using the Clinical Respiratory Score Can Improve Outcomes In Children With Respiratory Distress

Wolters Kluwer Health is Proud to Support ACEP19

Communications Update

World Health Assembly Resolution 72.16

18th International Conference on Emergency Medicine

Ambassador Mentorship Program (AMP)

7th Annual ACEP Ambassador Conference

Digital Story Telling: Highlighting Our International Work

Global Leadership Travel Grant Recipients – ACEP19 SA

Global Village in the Exhibit Hall at ACEP19 SA

From the Chair

Chair‘s Corner

A Story of Growth: Membership, Services, and Organizational

Evolving Emergency Care with Technology and Data Driven Quality

CEDR, ACEP, and the Digital Future of Emergency Medicine

Valuable on the Job Learning

Meet Cindy (CJ) Jones

CEDR Marketing and Communication 3 Year Plan is Unveiled

Objectives Status Report

Pregnancy Test for Female Abdominal Pain Patients (ACEP-24)

Practice Transformation

Bills in the House & Senate to “Deregulate” Buprenorphine and Other Legislative & Regulatory News

Meet the New Leaders

What's new in FY 2019-2020

Get Your US Program Accredited!

Tips and Tricks: US-Guided Subclavian Vein

Telemedicine at 2019 ACEP Scientific Assembly this October in Denver

Prove It: National Telehealth Research Network Greenlighted

Interview with Dr. Judd Hollander

Research and Resolutions Task Force Update

CEDR turns 5 this year!

What's “ED Throughput” Got to do With It?

Health IT Summit Scheduled for July 8th, 2019

News

Tech Update: Stick it To Me Straight Doc

Cases That Count: Headache

Pediatric Ultrasound: Developing a Pediatric Focused Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop

International US: POCUS Training in Liberia

Special Offer for REM Section Members

Resident Education: Obstacles to Performing Ultrasound at the Bedside

Chair’s Corner

Social Media Update

News from the Chair

2019 Photo Contest

Liquid Geography

Wonder Woman

Q&A with Philip Levin

How to Make Changes Without Being Labelled as Disruptive, Part 1: Stop Being a Doctor

My Journey to Wellness

Note from Section Chair

Trauma in the Wilderness

Letter from the Chair

Letter from the Chair-Elect

Ask The Expert: Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter and Intracranial Pressure

ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Chair’s Report

GEDA Update

GEDA Journal

Fellow’s Corner

Chair’s Corner

Tips and Tricks: Using Ultrasound to Ace Your Next Lumbar Puncture

Updates from the Advanced Practice Provider Subcommittee

Critical Care Updates: Two Views to Save Lives: Transesophageal Echocardiography for Peri-Arrest and Cardiac Arrest Patients

Cases That Count: Rapid Bedside Diagnosis of a Rare but Dangerous Diagnosis

Ask The Expert: What makes a successful ultrasound education program?

International EM Resident Rotation: Italy

Emergency Medicine Innovation and Incubation in the West and the East

Sister Phyllis

International EM Resident Rotation: Columbia

Chair’s Corner

To Be Or Not To Be – Should Tactical EMS Providers Be Armed?

Product Review: The Reactor® (Sharp Medical Products)

After Action Report and Lessons Learned – Tree of Life Synagogue - Pittsburgh, PA

The Use of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood for TEMS

TEMS Section Update from the Chair

Ambassador Mentorship Program (AMP)

Get Involved with the Ambassador Program

ACEP4U: Federal Surprise Billing (Out-of-Network Billing) Advocacy

ACEP4U: Electronic Health Records (EHR)

ACEP4U: New Medicare Code Values

Ongoing Activities of the QIPS Section

QIPS ED Pain Management Section Grant: Survey Summary

Chairman’s Letter

Communications Report

ACEP4U: Drug Shortages

Value to ACEP Members

Even More Learning - Winter Wipeout and Pain in the Neck

From the Chair

University of Michigan K12 Career Development Program in Emergency Critical Care

Killing Them Softly: The Impact of Over-Resuscitation in the ED

The Role of Thromboelastometry in Monitoring Critical Patients

Double Defibrillation: Where’s That on the ACLS Algorithm?

Tips and Tricks: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia of the Hand

At a Glance: HHS Emergency Triage Treat and Transport Payment Model

Interview with Dr Chris Davis

Newsletter Editor's Corner

Letter from the Chair

Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation

Book in Review - In Shock by Dr. Rana Awsish

What’s New in the World - EM Admin Research Update

Top 10 Things You Need to Do as an ED Medical Director

Creation of an Observation Visit Outcomes Database using the Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR)

Teaching Observation Medicine Through a Serious Game

Observation Medicine in the Journals

Expanding the Reach of Emergency Medicine

Impact of Highly Sensitive Troponin Testing in ED Observation Unit Case Mix

From the Chair

Fellow’s Corner: Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Match

Magnesium Toxicity with Prolonged QT

Bupropion overdose: Suicide attempt or recreational disaster?

Dancing Bunnies: Treating a Young Child's Medication-Induced Hallucinations

Angiotensin II: A new tool in the management of refractory antihypertensive overdose

Newsletter Editor’s Welcome

Chair‘s Corner

Journal Club: Draining an abscess? Ultrasound can probably help

International Ultrasound: Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Ascariasis Infection: An Alarming Finding in the Remote Territory of Eastern Honduras

Journal Club: Jugular Venous Compliance to Assess Decompensated Heart Failure

Updates from the ACEP EUS Resident Education Subcommittee

From the Chair

#FOAMus – The POCUS Atlas

Cases That Count: Back Pain in the ED – Hypotensive and Confused

Updates from the ACEP EUS Coding and Reimbursement Subcommittee

Cases That Count: Back Pain in the ED – It’s Not Always What You Think

International Ultrasound: Opportunities and challenges for the use of handheld ultrasound devices in rural Kenya

Ask the Expert: Ultrasound Transducer Disinfection - What do ACEP’s New Guidelines Mean for My ED?

International Minimum Standards for Care of Older People Statement from IFEM

Fellow’s Corner

Chair’s Corner

2018 Meeting Minutes

2017-2018 Annual Report

Ugly Betty

Healing the Hopeless, or Hopelessly Healing?

From the Editor

Letter from the Editor - 2018 Council Update

Letter from the Chair - Amicus quo vadis

Effective Communication

Book Review – Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones

State of the States

Rants, Raves and Reflection - Part One

What’s New in the World

Celebrating Emergency Physicians

Lidocaine

You’ve Got a Friend: Eva’s Village Opioid Overdose Recovery Program and Peer Recovery Specialists

Message from the Chair-Elect

Survey of Medical Students’ Training on Telemedicine

Proposed Fee Schedule for Reimbursement of Telemedicine

Officer Elections

Chair's Letter

CALS Update

Social Media Update

News from the Chair

Observation Care for Elderly Patients

Observation: Outside the Protocols

Documentation Requirements Update for Observation Care

So, You Had a Heart Attack When?

Use of the Emergency Department Observation Unit (EDOU) for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Not Just Another Patient with Low Back Pain. Discovering Bertolotti’s Syndrome

No Leg to Stand On

Emergency Medicine Wants You!...To Optimize ED Concussion Management

Should we leverage the Lever Sign test to evaluate for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears?

The Championship Moment- A team victory, years in the making

AMSSM Update

From the Chair

Leadership and Advocacy Conference 2018

Celebration

Fluid Resuscitation in the Critically Ill

Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal

Stanford Emergency Critical Care Program (ECCP)

From the Chair

Peri-Intubation Cardiac Arrest: New Insights into an Uncommon and Potentially Preventable Cause of Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Creating an ED-ICU, Part 2: Identifying Key Stakeholders and Finding Resources

How to Make a Difference - One Member, One Idea

A Little Committee Work Goes a Long Way

The Top 25 Things You Need to Do Before Your First Day

Congress Approves Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

ACEP-Supported Innovations Bill Sent to President

Amendments Offered to Ensure EM Access

EMTALA Services Medical Liability Reform (HR836)

Observation Units: An Intersection of Outpatient and Inpatient Quality

Observation Medicine Innovations in Free Standing Emergency Medicine and Integrated Health Systems

Update: Self-Administered Home Medications in Observation

Emergency Medicine Residency Training in Observation Medicine: The Time is Now

Message from the Chair

The MOC Debate

Emergency Care Clinician Classification System

Message from the Chair: Back to Basics

Letter from the Dr. Pamela Ross, Section Chair

How to Start Conversations that Move Your Organization toward Greater Health

International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Program Aims to Improve Trauma Care, Training Worldwide

Legislative Update and Impact

Message from the Board Liaison

Chair’s Message

Freestanding ED Research Update: AJEM Article

This Month’s Member Spotlight!

Documentary About Salem Witch Trials

ACEP Partners With OVW, OVC And IAFN On Two National Publications

24/7 Forensic Trauma Nurses: How We Did It And What We Learned

The Growth of EM-supported Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowships

The Rio Experience: An Emergency Medicine/Sports Medicine Doctor

EMRA- Sports Medicine Division 2017-2018 Update

EMRA Splinting Guide

From the Chair

The Crimean War and the Evolution of the United States Medical Department During the American Civil War

In The News

Adopting a Baby in Five Days

The American Psychiatric Association Follows Emergency Physicians Into Burn-out

Why did I choose EM? Three 12’s and no Beeper.

What Physicians Can Do to Help Themselves

A Letter From The Chair

Elevate Your Game! Opportunities for Involvement, Continued

The Exertional Heat Stroke Working Group Meeting – Washington, DC

Video Update- Musculoskeletal Exam Series

Case Report: Intrathoracic Liver Herniation in Collegiate Football Player

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

Elevate Your Game! Opportunities for Involvement

Journal Club: A Toast to a New and Improved Physical Exam Test for the Supraspinatus

Our Favorite Sports Medicine Web Sites

From the Chair

Customer Service Taken to the Next Level

MACRA and Quality Measures and How They Impact the FEC

Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Ground-Level Fall with Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Agents

Letting Ali Die

The Lure of Tropical Medicine: Ten Days in Niger

Paramedic Assessment of Older Adults After Falls, Including Community Care Referral Pathway: Cluster Randomized Trial

The National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Program: Past, Present, and Future

Ready, Set Go!

Government Affairs Update

The Transport Quality Metrics and Improvement Project